Boating
Maritime Safety Queensland
Maritime Safety Queensland is a government agency attached to Queensland Transport. Maritime Safety Queensland's role is to protect Queensland's waterways and the people who use them—providing safer, cleaner seas. Maritime Safety Queensland has responsibility for:
- improving maritime safety for shipping and small craft through regulation and education
- minimising vessel-sourced waste and providing response to marine pollution
- providing essential maritime services such as port pilots and aids to navigation
- encouraging and supporting innovation in the maritime industry.
Visit the Maritime Safety Queensland website for more specific information on:
See news and events section of recreational boating infrastructure below for information on increases to registration fees for recreational boats.
Recreational boating infrastructure
Queensland Transport provides access to waterways for Queensland's boaties by working in conjunction with local government, port authorities and private developers to deliver recreational boating infrastructure. Visit recreational boating infrastructure for more information.
Specific topics on recreational boating infrastructure including current dredging initiatives and news and events including the recent increases to recreational vessel registration fees can be found under the following links:
Gold Coast dredging initiatives
In the past 10 years, Queensland Transport has invested over A$66 million in maintaining the Gold Coast waterways channel network both in dredging projects and operating and maintenance of the Gold Coast Seaway sand bypassing system. Visit Gold Coast dredging initiatives for more information.
News and events
- New fees for recreational vessels
- Improving waterways access for recreational boaties in 2008-09—update on Queensland Transport's projects underway for completion this year
- 2009-10 bid process for funding of new projects has started
Last updated 26 May 2009
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